An unforgettable Christmas Cracker that will be heard at the table of my Christmas meal.
Directed, written and starring in her short 10 minute autobiographical story; Catherine Tate shows us where it all began and combines it with the festive season: ‘My First Nativity’. Her cracker is one of the best in the anthology of short films which are written by and feature twelve of Britain’s comic stars, shown on Sky1 on the run up to Christmas.
Madeleine Power who plays the five year old Tate continuously delivers the phrase “I’m shy” which contradicts our stereotype of Tate, of always being comical and not afraid to speak her mind. Furthermore the stereotype of her ginger hair never fails or fades.
Playing the fourth King in the Nativity: Gary Glitter…who else? Tate displays to us a snippet of her rise to stardom, with an applauded version of The King of Glam-Rock’s ‘I’m the leader of the gang’ on her very first Nativity.
As well as the Christmas theme, Tate recalls her disconcerting moments of wetting herself; however, unsurprising to us; Tate delivers this message with an endearing moral at the end of story.“Dedicated to little girls everywhere who are too shy to put their hands up to go to the toilet.”
Funny, Charming and directed by Tate herself, Catherine Tate’s Little Cracker is one to watch this Christmas.
